The Customs Law was passed by the National Assembly at the 7th session of the XIII National Assembly and took effect on January 1, 2015, replacing the 2001 Customs Law No. 29/2001/QH10 and the Law on Amendments and Supplements. supplementing a number of articles of the Customs Law No. 42/2005/QH11 2005. In order to organize the implementation of the Law in a uniform, synchronous and effective manner in order to create positive changes in customs activities, the dissemination work education and propaganda play a key role.

Widespread since the draft Law

Determining the role of law propaganda and dissemination, in order to ensure that the Customs Law 2014 is born in accordance with reality and has high feasibility, right in the process of drafting the Law, the draft of the Customs Law. has been publicly posted on the websites of the Office of the National Assembly; Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry; The portal of the Government, the Ministry of Finance, the General Department of Customs... so that people and businesses can access and comment on the draft Law.
In addition, the General Department of Customs has coordinated with relevant units at home and abroad to organize conferences and seminars to collect opinions of enterprises on the draft Law. The Customs Newspaper opened a forum for comments on the Customs Law to collect opinions from experts in the financial field as well as related subjects, and published many articles related to the construction process. Customs Law to widely propagate to people and businesses.

Propaganda is the focus

After the 2014 Customs Law was approved by the XIII National Assembly, the General Department of Customs issued Directive No. 9296/CT-TCHQ dated July 25, 2014 on the implementation of the 2014 Customs Law with 04 contents. : (1) Building a system of legal documents to implement the Law; (2) Dissemination, education and propaganda on Customs Law 2014; (3) Strengthening the organization and apparatus; arrange and arrange human resources; (4) Carrying out the work of facilities, means and equipment for the implementation of the Law.

Propaganda of the Customs Law 2014 is one of the key contents of the directive. Accordingly, from now until the end of 2014, it is necessary to propagate and widely disseminate the 2014 Customs Law and its guiding documents among officials and civil servants of the entire Customs sector, the business community, and other agencies. related organizations and individuals before the Law takes effect.

To carry out this work, the General Department of Customs has assigned the Legal Department to be the unit in charge of developing the contents and plans to organize the dissemination and propagation of the 2014 Customs Law in appropriate forms; develop documents and outlines to introduce the Customs Law; compiled books: "Customs Law 2014", "Vietnam - English Bilingual Customs Law", "Questions and answers on customs law", "System of documents guiding the Customs Law"; compiling leaflets and leaflets to serve the training and propaganda of the Customs Law 2014. The Legal Department also helps the General Department of Customs to organize training and dissemination of the Law for key officials in the Industry, the business community, relevant organizations and individuals through industry conferences, business dialogue conferences, Customs Newspapers, Customs Websites and mass media.

Customs Departments of provinces and cities are responsible for thoroughly grasping the contents of the 2014 Customs Law for all officers and public employees in their units and organizing the propagation of the 2014 Customs Law for businesses, organizations and individuals. relevant personnel in the area under management. The General Department of Customs also assigned the Vietnam Customs School to compile textbooks and documents for professional training and retraining for officials and civil servants in the whole Sector on the 2014 Customs Law.

Practical, rich activities

Right after the 2014 Customs Law was announced, at the Conference to review the work of the first 6 months of 2014, implementing the work of the last 6 months of 2014, the General Department of Customs organized a thorough understanding of the contents and implementation of the Customs Law. declare the Customs Law 2014 to key officials in the industry.

The Customs sector also organized the introduction of the Customs Law No. 54/2014/QH13 to reporters from nearly 40 newspapers and radio stations to create conditions for reporters to have enough information to write articles and contribute to propaganda. more widely than new contents of the Customs Law 2014.

In addition, according to the assignment of the General Department, members of the Customs Law Editorial Team in 2014 coordinated with a number of ministries and branches... to disseminate to relevant subjects to grasp the new provisions of the Law. ; at the same time, answered many interview programs of newspapers and radio units to propagate new points of the Customs Law 2014 to people and businesses.

With the task of helping the Director of the General Department of Customs to carry out the work of information, propaganda and exchange on issues of policies, legal regimes and operations in the fields of finance, budget and customs; Information on activities of the customs industry and organizations and agencies related to customs work in accordance with the law, Customs Newspaper also opened a column on the implementation of the Customs Law in 2014 and continuously. There are interviews, dialogues, updates on news related to the event of the Customs Law 2014.
In the coming time, the organization of training and propagation of the Customs Law 2014 for officials in the industry, the business community, relevant organizations and individuals will continue to be focused such as: propose to thoroughly understand and propagate the contents of the 2014 Customs Law to all officers and employees of the unit and to enterprises in the area of ​​Customs Departments of provinces and cities; arrange a column for propaganda and dissemination of the 2014 Customs Law and guiding documents... on the Customs Newspaper, the Customs Research Bulletin, and the Customs Portal.

Currently, the General Department of Customs is preparing a document introducing the Customs Law 2014 to send to the Ministry of Justice as a general introduction document nationwide. The development of documents and outlines to introduce the Customs Law 2014; compiled books: "Customs Law 2014", "Vietnam - English Bilingual Customs Law", "Questions and Answers on customs law", "System of documents guiding the Customs Law"; The compilation of leaflets and leaflets is carried out urgently to soon be distributed to relevant subjects.
In general, although it has only been approved for more than a month, Customs officers as well as people and businesses have grasped the basic new contents of the 2014 Customs Law.

The 2014 Customs Law was passed as a legal basis for modernizing customs operations, better meeting the requirements of administrative reform, reforming customs procedures towards an open and transparent customs operation. ... Therefore, the propaganda work is extremely important for businesses as well as Customs officers and employees to understand. From there, participate in the development and comment on draft legal documents guiding the implementation of the Law in order to create favorable conditions for goods import and export activities, contributing to promoting the economy to meet the needs of customers. trend of world economic integration.

Qinghai
source: General Department of Customs